>Why can’t Rutgers get more love from the citizens of NJ, especially in Ridgewood?
Why can’t Rutgers get more love from the citizens of NJ, especially in Ridgewood? Aside from the tragic case of Tyler Clementi, I cant name a single kid from my Ridgewood who ever attended Rutgers, and I have lived in Ridgewood for over 15 years. Why does Rutgers have a negative stigma in Ridgewood? They’ve obviously botched their athletic budget, but what else about the school don’t people like? It seems to be decent academically, yet people in Ridgewood pay tens of thousands in additional tuition in order to avoid sending their kids to Rutgers. Why?
Name three Ridgewood students who have gone to Rutgers. I can’t. I can name students who have gone to about 20 other colleges – some better and some worse – but aside from Tyler Clementi, I can’t remeber a single student from our neighborhood who ever enrolled at Rutgers. That seems sad and strange, considering that it’s our state’s main university. If you asked a similar question in Pennsylvania, Indiana, Wisconsin, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, Ohio, Texas, Tennessee, or Georgia, I would bet that anyone in those states could quickly reel off 5-10 names of students from their neighborhood who went to their state’s flagship state university.
